The photograph, the source, and the unknowns
He turned his ship north through an ice field at full speed on the chance that someone was still alive. Command gets written down.
- Archive caption
- Captain Arthur Rostron of the Carpathia
- Creator
- Bain News Service
- Date
- 1912
- Credit
- Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
- Rights
- LoC rights advisory: 'No known restrictions on publication.' George Grantham Bain Collection. · Public Domain Mark 1.0
- Source record
- Open the institution or repository record
This link carries its own context.
Bain News Service. “Captain Arthur Rostron of the Carpathia.” 1912. Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014690334/. Viewed via Nostalgia Museum artifact 812, reviewed 22 August 2026. https://getnostalgia.ai/museum/artifact/JR5an0x4yGHmer_j/812
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